CONTENTS

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Welcome
4. Dedication
5. Acknowledgments
6. Foreword
7. Approach
8. CHAPTER 1 Hard-Core Preparation
9. Sometimes It Hurts
10. CHAPTER 2 Go Back, Jack, Do It Again
11. Why Backward Is Often the Right Direction
12. CHAPTER 3 Choosing Your Team
13. Experience, Expertise, and Ego
14. CHAPTER 4 Friends in High Places
15. Get Your Network On
16. CHAPTER 5 Complacency Will Kill You
17. Make Your Move
18. CHAPTER 6 Coming Up Short
19. Making the Most of Weakness
20. CHAPTER 7 Bring It
21. You Need Your A-Game, and Then Some
22. CHAPTER 8 You’re Not Special
23. Building Trust and Loyalty
24. CHAPTER 9 Ignore the Rules
25. Do the Right Thing. Always.
26. CHAPTER 10 Your Three Words
27. What’s Your Mantra?
28. CHAPTER 11 Embracing Failure
29. Own It, and Come Back with a Vengeance
30. Photos
31. Afterword
32. About the Author
33. Footnotes
34. Newsletters
35. Copyright